President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States will not be part of the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) summit in South Africa, calling it “a total disgrace.”
“Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers, and also French and German immigrants) are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
“No U.S. Government Official will attend as long as these Human Rights abuses continue,” the post also reads. “I look forward to hosting the 2026 G20 in Miami, Florida!”
In May, the White House told federal agencies to stop work with the G20 summit, scheduled for Nov. 22-23. Trump indicated at the time that the U.S. would not participate.
“We’re supposed to have a, I guess a G20 meeting there … I don’t know how we can go unless that situation is taken care of,” Trump said. “But it’s a genocide that’s taking place that you people don’t want to write about. But it’s a terrible thing that’s taking place. And farmers are being killed. They happen to be white.”
The president focused on claims that Afrikaners, South Africa’s white ethnic minority, have been unfairly targeted. In February, he signed an executive order to put a pause on sending foreign assistance to South Africa, claiming that its government’s actions are “fueling disproportionate violence against radically disfavored landowners.”
Days before Trump issued the executive order, Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on the social platform X that he “will NOT attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg.”
